S7a5 Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Heyllo,Can anyone suggest me a good encryption/decryption software that supports 128 bit encryption and higher. Tons of thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 TrueCrypt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Cool thanks DigeratiPrime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapagan Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 And a second vote for truecrypt Used it for ages, and the latest version supports the use of keyfiles (which can be any file on your hard drive) in combination with passwords.If you are just after file or data encryption instead of drive / device, I would always recommend PGP or the GNU version (GnuPG)SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7a5 Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) Thanks a lot everyone, I'll give them a try!Edit: I tried TrueCrypt but it seems only to create encrypted volumes (drives). What I'm looking for is an application with a particular function where I choose what files to encrypt with a password and what not, just like when you right-click on a file(s) to archieve them using winrar or winzip.->I suppose GnuPG is for linux boxes, I need smth that works on winxp. Edited January 17, 2006 by S7a5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 maybe PicoCrypt (14kb) (freeware) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapagan Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) Thanks a lot everyone, I'll give them a try!Edit: I tried TrueCrypt but it seems only to create encrypted volumes (drives). What I'm looking for is an application with a particular function where I choose what files to encrypt with a password and what not, just like when you right-click on a file(s) to archieve them using winrar or winzip.->I suppose GnuPG is for linux boxes, I need smth that works on winxp.GnuPG is for plenty of OS's, including XP The basic download is commandline tools, but i also use the ' GPGee' GUI Here which gives you a right-click integration in explorer to excode or sign any files. PGP / GPG is pretty much the defacto standard, and is not too difficult to setup if you have a basic understanding of the public/private key system. I can help you configure it if you want to give it a try.Edit: PicoCrypt would also do what you want, as DigeratiPrime says, and is probably a bit simpler, but the encryption is less secure. Depends if you want to hide your data from basic attacks, or from the FBI ;PSP Edited January 17, 2006 by seapagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Hmm I gotta check out Picocrypt. Thanks dig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 PicoCrypt works good if you just want to encrypt a one or two files and arent worried about the NSA. But I would reccomend creating a 'Container' with TrueCrypt and then mounting it as a Volume. That way you could easily drag and drop files into the encrypted container and have access to them all by just using a single password. Also TrueCrypt has several powerful encryption options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 PicoCrypt works good if you just want to encrypt a one or two files and arent worried about the NSA. I am sure the NSA has ways of getting around that encryption! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destor Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I recommend DriveCrypt, and especially DriveDrypt Plus Pack -wich means full disk encryption in realtime. That is fully invisible to user and does not affect performance. You must type your password before windows starts, and if you want, yo can create second password to bring up "clean" operation system (WinXP if you like) from encrypted partitions free space. When you start that special use OS it overwrites your original OS and sensitive data, so you can use this feature if you are pushed to open your files for investigation or in robber situation. Whole disk is allways crypted, so any data leaks are nearly impossible.Btw. encryption is over 1300bit (256bit AES and some else algorithm used same time).I must check TrueCrypt if it can handle enought powerfull algorithms to satisfy my needs of data security. Hope you got some help in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 PicoCrypt works good if you just want to encrypt a one or two files and arent worried about the NSA. I am sure the NSA has ways of getting around that encryption! they certainly do, it would be just a tease to them B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapagan Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) I am sure the NSA has ways of getting around that encryption! Yup, they would just beat you around the head and body until you gave them the password. A lot quicker than trying to decrypt it. Sure, some of the simple ones can be 'brute' cracked, but for any reasonable encryption algo it would take so long (and so much computer power) to brute that whatever information was found would be useless, and it's owner probably died of old age Hence the restrictions the US put on the export of 'strong' encryption - it is actually classed with explosives for export use.The faith (paranoia) people have in the skills of their government and related agencies never fails to amaze me. Discount by 95% most if the things you see in shows like 'Alias' SP Edited January 17, 2006 by seapagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7a5 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 I found a very nice softwarehttp://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/does all the things, true 128 bit encryption however you need to read how to achieve it, and has a built in shreder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I found a very nice softwarehttp://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/does all the things, true 128 bit encryption however you need to read how to achieve it, and has a built in shreder Way cool! I love sourceforge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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